Month: November 2011

As promised, lets take a closer look at the impact of emotions on our health. Perhaps it is worth mentioning that emotions are viewed as good, as long as they are balanced relative to what is going on around us. After all, within the paradigm of Traditional Chinese medicine, the ethos of health is about…

“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness” James Thurber It is pretty amazing that thousands of years ago in an ancient Chinese medicine text it was acknowledged and accepted that emotions played a big role in our state of our health. Today however, in the 21st Century…

Isn’t it funny how a simple comment type question, sets the ball rolling on a topic! A client recently asked should he keep quiet during treatment, when he actually enjoys a natter? Personally I love it when clients have a chillax or snooze or indeed fall asleep. It just indicates that they have relaxed into…

Does anyone else feel like they need a burst or blast of colour? I know, I know its only early November but my oh my doesn’t it feel a bit dull and dark. Perhaps because October was just so bright and ablaze with autumnal colours that we are now left feeling as if someone has…

Has anyone been watching the food hospital on channel 4 ? (U.K.) Using food as medicine, whilst not a new concept they are certainly doing a fantastic job at highlighting what food can do to help improve and maintain our health. This ties in nicely with Chinese medicine using food as medicine. It is the…

You know how we spoke about Qi on day 9, well I think its time to look at Blood. You may hear us call it Xue (kinda pronounced like shoe, but somebody else with a better talent for Chinese language might pop along and say different). I think its fair to say that…